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Up in the Air: A History of High Rise Britain

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How the Rise Rise Tower Block came to symbolise the welfare state, and what went wrong - fron an award-winning debut historian.

Up in the Air tells the story of Britain’s multi-storey council housing from its beginnings to the present day. Throughout its history, high rise has been a symbol of the welfare state for better or worse. Here, Holly Smith tells a new story from the perspective of those who lived there, exploring how residents grappled with this brave new world above the old skylin...